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UNITED STATES PATET QFric JOHN ASHLAND WHERRY, or NEW onLEANs, nOUIsrANA.

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Appucation mea :une 14, 1922. serial No. 563,193.4

T o all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN A. WHERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at 5911 Prytania Street, in the city of New Orleans, parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Record Sheets or Cards; and I do` hereby`r declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

which it appertains 'to make and use the same. p

The invention relates to a novel form of record sheet or card including a removable vand transposable band-like member adapted to transversely surround the upper portion of the sheet, with self-contained means for effecting interlocking engagement between` said sheet' and band, the band preferably i 20 being provided with heading and spacing indicia, such as would ordinarily be applied panying drawings in whichl Fig. 1 is a face view of a rebord sheet hav- Y inv the continuous band caption element applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a view similar to that in Fig. 1 showing a modified form of the device;

Fig. 4 is a' section on a line 4 4 of Fig. 3. Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, 1 indicates a record sheet or card adapted to receive data thereon in predetermined order or relation,

. and preferably applied bythe ordinary type- Writing machine. For the purpose of illustration, the sheet 1 is represented as a ledger Sheet such as commonly employed either in the card ledger systems,'or in loose-leaf account books. Ordinarily, it is necessary to have theseJ sheets specially ruled and spaced and provided with captions or headings to indicate the details or particulars of the data to be recorded thereon, and also .convtain blank spaces near the top Vin which the names, titles, vaddresses and so forth, areini scribed. The object of the present invention is to simplify the sheet by eliminating the usual headings and line rulings thereon, and supply the lack of these guides to the proper inscription of` the record data Aby provision of a special band-like element adapted to be applied at or nearthe top of the sheet and interlocked therewith, the band or envelope having printed thereon the4 appropriate data indicia, `as well as the appropriate marksor indications of the columns and spaces in which therecorded data yis to `be iriscribed such as will enable others skilled in the art to ToI effect rthis purpose, each lateral ledge of the sheet 1 is provided vwith a notclior indentation 2 of a length suitable to receive the folds of a continuousband 3 of paper or other suitable 'inateriahl which is vremovably applied to and" interlocked with the sheet ,1 1

by bending the latter in a transverse direction andf slipping the continuousband3 over the-to of the sheet vand into engagement rwith t e 'lateral edges thereofwithin'lthe notches 2, whereby the bandlwill surround and closely embrace 'the upperI portion Aor heading section of the sheet. VVhfen, employed for a ledger record, the'sheet 1may ave the name and data ofjthe particular party 'applied -to the upperf portion fthereof,T

but all of thel other indicating" elements,in-

le-luding the column spacing indicationsfand the heading indicia, are applied to 'one face of the continuous bandv 3, as indicatedfat` 6,

so that Iwhen the recordony Oneface of sheet v` 1 has beencompleted, it is necessary only toy remove the band 3 land applyy the'fsame in p similar relation to the reverse side of the sheet. Whenboth sides of the sheet have been written up, the heading band 3 is removed and applied to a new sheet. y

It will be apparent that the band ,Epinay -1 be'madeof stout paper or anyl other suitable flexible material, which will'not add materially to the thickness' of the record sheet and which will admit ofthe latterbeing readily inserted in and -removed from an ordinary typewriting. machine. l

In order to provide a somewhat more durable and substantial heading or caption member to be readily interchanged on the same sheet and to be applied to successivey sheets,` the form shown in Figs. 3 and 4 may be employed, in which the removable bandlikemember 3 is formed as an envelope or pocket-like element having a closed top,with 1 the upper corners cut away on a diagonal line as at 4, 4, leaving'the bends or folds 6,',

6', at the sides of a'proper length to engage the notches 2, 2, formed injthe lateral edges ofthe sheet 1,v son that when the band-like eley if@ i v ment' is slipped over the top of the sheet l,

vtransparent medium suc-h as a sheet of` cel luloid, through which the name or other index in the caption space of the sheet l appears. As in the preceding form of the invention,

g the heading band or element may be readily applied to orremoved from the sheet l by merely bending the same laterally, when the band may be easily slipped on or off of the sheet, fthe bending of the sheet permitting the folds 6 to either engage or disengage the notches 2, as Will be understood. In some respects, this form of the invention, in which the upper portion of the band Senvelops the top edge of the sheet l,is preferable, in that it Will facilitate the insertion and removal of the associated sheet and heading band ,l

in yand from the typevvriting machineand offers nofopportunity for the exposed edge of the caption band to come into contact With-'any of the operating elements of' the j tylpewriting machine, lwith the possible consequent damage to the heading band.

'Vhat I claim is: n

' 1. The combination of a record sheet, a

removable Vband vof paper or the like transversely surrounding Ithe upper portion of said sheet, and self-contained means for effecting y interlocking engagement between A'said sheet and band to prevent movement oftheband longitudinally of the sheet.k

2. The combination of a record sheet, a removable continuous bandfof paper` or the like transversely surrounding the yupper porf tion of said sheet, and self-contained means forr effecting interlocking engagement between said'sheet and band .to prevent movement of the band longitudinally of the sheet.

3. The combination of a record sheet having .notches in the lateral edges thereof near the top and a removable continuous band of paper or the like transversely surrounding the upper portion of saidfslieet and engaging the lateral edges of said sheet: and fitting Within said notches.

4C; The combination of'a record sheet having notches in the lateralA edges thereof near' the top, a removable continuous band having a closed top andcut away top corners enveloping the upper portion. of said sheet and having the lateral folds of said band engaging the lateral edges of said ysheet Within said notches. f

5. The combination vof a record sheet, a removable band `of paper or the like transversely surrounding the upperportion of said sheet, and self-containedmeans for ef? fecting interlocking engagement between said sheet and band to prevent movement of the band longitudinally of the sheet, said band having heading indicia? thereon.

said sheet and band to prevent'movement of the band longitudinally of the sheet, said band having heading and column indicia thereon. A l

In testimony whereof I afx my signature.A

JOHN AsHLAND Wnnajnv.

6. The combination of a record sheet, .a` lremovable band of paper' or the like trans versely surroundingthe upper portiony ofV said sheet,l and self-contained means for Leffecting' interlocking engagement vbetvveen 

